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'This is how I'm going to land': New NASA astronaut candidate's helicopter skills could come in handy on the moon
Ben Bailey has 2,000 hours of flight time, including with high-profile military helicopters. The NASA astronaut candidate may be able to leverage that experience for moon landings.
Earth's next 'mini-moon' could create a gold rush for asteroid miners
Asteroid 2024 PT5 is considered Earth's mini-moon and may be a key target for potential asteroid mining operations.
New moon of September 2025 gets eclipsed today
September's new moon occurs on Sept. 21 and will partially eclipse the sun for skywatchers in the southern Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.
A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived
How did humans survive catastrophic volcanic explosions to piece together the story today?
VIPER lives! Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will land ice-hunting NASA rover on the moon in 2027
NASA's ice-hunting VIPER moon rover has officially come back from the dead: Blue Origin will land the wheeled robot on the lunar surface in 2027, the agency announced today (Sept. 19).
Autumnal equinox 2025 brings fall to the Northern Hemisphere on Sept. 22
The autumn equinox brings fall to the Northern Hemisphere today when the sun passes over our planet's equator at noon.
'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will fly by Earth in April 2029 — and these 3 space probes will be watching
A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the famous near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with our planet in April 2029.
Rock the cosmos: An asteroid trivia quiz
This asteroid quiz is your launchpad to discovery
